Car-standard.



G. w. DUBIES. GAR STANDARD.

APPLIQATION FILED 00115, 1906.

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PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

G. W. DU BBS.

CAR STANDARD.

APPLIOA'I'ION FILED 00115, 1906.

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GEORGE W. .DU BES, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

CAR-STANDARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratenteo. March 5, 1907.

Application filed October 15, 1906. Serial No. 339,056.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. DU BES, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Standards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates to improvements in car-standards and supports therefor, and it is more especially adapted to be used 011 flat railway-cars, lumber-wagons, or other vehicles Where it is desired to retain a heavy lc ad on the platform of the vehicle and where it is also desired to quickly remove the standards for unloading the vehicle.

The main objects of my invention are to provide a strong standard which will stand rough usage, which may be readily removed with entire safety and great despatch, which when removed will fold out of the way of the load, and which will not strike the ground, but Will be automatically supported clear of the ground at the side of the car.

My invention relates more especially to certain improvements on the device shown in my Patent No. 819,527, granted January 13, 1906, andentitled Flat-car standard.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which the same parts are indicated by the same letters throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one end of a flat-car, one of the standards being shown partly in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail showing the standard in the lowered po sition beneath the edge of the platform of the car, parts being broken away. Fig. 3 shows the standard in the vertical or holding position. Fig. 4 is a detail showing the standard in the position assumed just before it is either swung into the engaging position or allowed to drop to the disengaged position; and Fig. 5 is a detail showing the peculiar-shaped U- bolt with the nuts and washers therefor, by means of which the heel of the standard is hinged to the car-sill.

In the drawings, A represents one of the sills at the side of the car, and A the carplatform, which platform projects over the sill. as shown in Fig. 1.

\ B represents a bracket secured to the car- .sillin any convenient way, as by means of open at the bottom and provided with an inclined face I), as shown in Fig. 4.

C represents a wear plate secured to the car-sill, and through this wear-plate the ends of the U-bolt D pass. This U-bolt is of a pcculiar shape, comprisin aloop d, terminating in legs d and curved outward at d to the point d whence the ends of the bolts (1 project straight inward and terminate in screwthreaded ends (1 on which the nuts and washers are mounted.

E represents one of the standards, which is provided with an eye 6 in its head to receive a rope or chain F, (see Fig. 2,) by means of which opposite standards may be secured together. The standard E is provided with a tongue (2, having a rounded end 6 and an inclined rear face 6 which tongue wedges into the pocket I)", and the rear face 6 bears against the wall I) of said pocket. In rear of this tongue the standard is cut away, as at e".

The base of the standard is provided with an elongated slot 6', and the heel of the standard is chamfered, as at c, to bear against the plate O and prevent the standard from swinging outward when it is in the raised position, as shown in Fig. 4.

The operation of the device is as follows: Suppose the standard to be in the position shown in Fig. 4. If the head of the standard be swung to the right, causing the tongue 0 to pass above the pocket b and if the standard now be let go, it will fall downward, with the tongue e engaging in the pocket b and the top of the loop (2 of the U-bolt will engage the upper end of the slot 6 the parts then being in the position shown in Fig. 3. The standard will now be held firmly in place against outward pressure; but if further rigidity is required the two opposite standards may be lashed together, as described in my patent aforesaid.

In order to remove. the standard for unloading the car. it will simply be necessary to lift the standard up and let it swing outward at the same time until the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 4, when the standard may be swung forward or aft relative to the side of the car and will rest beneath the overhanging edge of the carplatform, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 2. position the standard will be supported on the leg (1*, as shown in Fig. 2, at one end l/Vhen in this the bolts 7). This bracket has a pocket 6,

in the way of any logs or lumber being unloaded from the car. Thus it will be seen that the U-bolt not only serves to hold the base of the standard in place when the standard 1s 1n the raised position, but also serves to support the standard and hold it close into the side of the car when the standard is in the lowered position.

It will be noted that the first part of the operation of lifting the standard will cause the inclined face 0 of the tongue 0 to wedge upward and backward on the wedge-face b of the pocket Z), and thus the slightest motion upward of the standard will be accompanied by a corresponding motion out- Ward, and this will at once relieve the friction of the load on the standard and will allow the same to be readily raised out of engagement with the pocket and swung to one side or the other out of the way of the load on the car.

In the manufacture of the device the bracket B should be made of strong and tough metal, such as cast-steel or malleable iron, while the standard should also be made of strong and tough metal, preferably either malleable iron or cast-steel or pressed steel.

Thus it will be seen that I provide a simple and exceedingly strong standard and support therefor which is not likely to get out of order in spite of the rough usage to which such devices are habitually subjected.

Furthermore, the parts are simple in construction, may be readily applied to the car without any changes in the structure of the cars as they are now built, and can be readily removed for repairs either to the car or to the standard when required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim. and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. An apparatus for maintaining and releasing loads on cars or other vehicles, com.- prising a series of standards provided with inclined tongues, and perforated heels, brackets secured provided with inclined pockets adapted to receive said tongues, and U-shaped bolts, having loops with. double curves and horizontal legs projecting inwardly, said. bolts engaging in the perforations in the heels of said standards, and forming a support for the standards when in the elevated position and a holder therefor when in the lowered position, substantially as described.

2. An apparatus for maintaining and re leasing loads on cars or other vehicles, comto the vehicle-body and l 5 prising a series of standards provided with inclined tongues, and perforated heels, brack ets secured to the vehicle-body and provided with inclined pockets adapted to receive said tongues, and U shaped bolts having loops-with double curves and horizontal legs projecting inwardly, said bolts engaging in the perforations in the heels of said standards, and forming a support for the standards when in the elevated p sition and a holder therefor when in the lowered position, with means for securing together the oppositely-disposed standards on both sides of the vehicle, substantially as described.

3. An apparatus for maintaining and releasing loads on cars or other vehicles, comprising a series of standards provided with inclined tongues, and perforated heels, brackets secured to the vehicle-body and provided with inclined pockets adapted to receive said tongues, and Ushaped bolts having loops with double curves and horizontal legs projecting inwardly, said bolts engaging in the perforations in the heels of said standards, and forming a support for the standards when in the elevated position and a holder therefor when in the lowered position, chains connected to the heads of said standards, and means for securing said chains to similar chains on the standards on the opposite side of the vehicle, substantially as described.

4. In an apparatus for maintaining and releasing loads on cars or other vehicles, the combination of a metal standard provided with a downwardly and inwardly inclined tongue, and a perforated heel, a metal bracket secured to the vehicle-body and provided with an inclined pocket adapted to re ceive said tongue, and a U-shaped bolt having loops with double curves and horizontal legs proi ecting inwardly, said bolts engaging in the perforation in the heel of said standard, and forming a support for the standard when in the raised position, and a holder for the standard when in the lowered position, substantially as described.

5. In an apparatus for maintaining and releasing loads on cars or other vehicles, the combination of a metal standard provided with uholding-tongue located above the heel of said standard, a metal bracket secured to the vehicle-body and provided with a pocket adapted to receive said tongue, and a U-shaped bolt havin loops with d ouble curves and horizontal legs projecting inwardly, said bolts engaging in the heel of said. standard, and forming a support for the standard when in the raised position, and a holder for the standard when in the lowered position, substantially as described.

6. In an apparatus for maintaining and releasing loads on cars or other vehicles, the combination of a standard provided with a downwardly and inwardly inclined tongue, and with a heel having an elongated slot therein, a bracket secured to the vehicle-body and provided with an inclined pocket adapted to receive said tongue, and a U-shaped bolt having loops with double curves and horizontal legs projecting inwardly, said bolts engaging in the slot in the heel of said standard, and forming a support for the standard when in the raised position, and a holder for the standard when in the lowered position, substantially as described.

7. The combination with a metal standard having an elongated slot in its heel, of a U- shaped bolt engaging in said slot and having a vertical loop with a double curve, and horizontal legs projecting inwardly, said bolt engaging in said slot in the heel of the standard and forming a support for the standard when in the elevated position, and a holder therefor when in. the lowered position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. DU BES. Witnesses:

JNo. J. WARD, ANDREW Horn. 

